These data are made available by the Federal Election
Commission (FEC) through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and are
taken directly from campaign finance reports filed by candidates,
political committees, and others required to file under the federal
election laws for the 1991-1992 election cycle. The Candidate Master
Data file (Part 1) contains a record for each registered candidate for
federal office. It includes the candidate's name, address, party
affiliation, incumbent/challenger status, identification number of the
principal campaign committee, office sought, and election year. The
Committee Master Data file (Part 2) contains a record for each
registered committee for federal office. Information provided includes
the committee's identification number, name, address, treasurer's name,
committee designation and type, party affiliation, report filing
frequency, special interest group category and connected organization's
name, and multicandidate committee status. The Itemized PAC
Contribution File (Part 3) contains one record for each type of
contributor for each reporting period. Information included in this
file covers the type and year of the report, the time period covered by
the report, total contributions, net contributions, total contribution
refunds, net operating expenditures, cash on hand, debts and
obligations owed by and to the committee, contributions from
individuals, and loans made or guaranteed by the candidate. The
Itemized Individual Candidate Contribution File (Part 4) contains one
record for each individual contributor during the 1991-1992 reporting
period. Information provided covers the transaction type, amount, and
date as well as contributor name, address, and occupation.

These data are made available by the Federal Election
Commission (FEC) through the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and are
taken directly from campaign finance reports filed by candidates,
political committees, and others required to file under the federal
election laws for the 1991-1992 election cycle. The Candidate Master
Data file (Part 1) contains a record for each registered candidate for
federal office. It includes the candidate's name, address, party
affiliation, incumbent/challenger status, identification number of the
principal campaign committee, office sought, and election year. The
Committee Master Data file (Part 2) contains a record for each
registered committee for federal office. Information provided includes
the committee's identification number, name, address, treasurer's name,
committee designation and type, party affiliation, report filing
frequency, special interest group category and connected organization's
name, and multicandidate committee status. The Itemized PAC
Contribution File (Part 3) contains one record for each type of
contributor for each reporting period. Information included in this
file covers the type and year of the report, the time period covered by
the report, total contributions, net contributions, total contribution
refunds, net operating expenditures, cash on hand, debts and
obligations owed by and to the committee, contributions from
individuals, and loans made or guaranteed by the candidate. The
Itemized Individual Candidate Contribution File (Part 4) contains one
record for each individual contributor during the 1991-1992 reporting
period. Information provided covers the transaction type, amount, and
date as well as contributor name, address, and occupation.

Universe:
(1) All candidates for federal office registered with the
FEC under the Federal Election Campaign Act (FECA). (2) All political
committees, unauthorized delegate filers, independent expenditure
filers, and communications cost filers registered. (3) All candidates
and their committees, other political committees, and persons making
independent expenditures.

Data Type(s):
event/transaction data

Data Collection Notes:

The FEC no longer supplies the Detailed Report File as
part of the FOIA data. That file has been released separately as
CAMPAIGN EXPENDITURES IN THE UNITED STATES, 1991-1992: DETAILED REPORT
FILE (ICPSR 6334).

Methodology

Data Source:

self-enumerated forms

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release: 1995-01-11

Version History:

2006-01-12 All files were removed from dataset 5 and flagged as study-level files, so that they will accompany all downloads.